My sweet and talented cousin wrote a very beautiful haiku and wanted to share it. She is a very busy lady right now as she is working hard on her college degree and completing an internship. However, she will be struck by a creative burst of writing when time allows and so here she is in her own words:
Kathy’s Haiku: Sheltering Friends
Sheltering my friend
Like Jesus told us to do
Love I try to send.
Springtime, friends, and strolls
By the river; sweet joys make
Me smile and shiver.
I have just attempted yet another haiku challenge from Ronovan Writes blog using the words “friend” and “shiver”. I am enjoying the challenge of putting different and even opposite words in such a short poem. If you like challenges and haiku’s then I invite you to also accept his latest challenge at this link: https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/category/haiku-prompt-challenge/
Sun is lifting and
Time to follow the plan God
Has outlined today.
Take a stroll and find
That rutted path where in the
Warm sun He awaits.
See that forest and
In those trees, find your trail
in nature’s beauty.
Rise up and take that
stroll; or this day’s adventure
You will never know.
I have just attempted yet another haiku challenge from Ronovan Writes blog using the words “lift” and “plan”. I am enjoying the challenge of putting different and even opposite words in such a short poem. If you like challenges and haiku’s then I invite you to also accept his latest challenge at this link: https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/category/haiku-prompt-challenge/
I also have started participating in a photo word challenge with the haiku and this week’s photo word challenge is “outline.” You can find more photo word challenges at this link: https://thearanartisan.com/photo-challenge-words-2016/
Mountain pines towered,
Nature’s class of elegance;
Resolute and firm.
In time they’ve weathered
Through storms of wind, snow, and rain
Solid, determined.
They’re a testament
To all who journey and see
Their hidden beauty.
I have just attempted yet another haiku challenge from Ronovan Writes blog using the words “class” and “firm”. I am enjoying the challenge of putting different and even opposite words in such a short poem. The challenge can be in just determining a suitable topic to bring the words together. Plenty of times, I have sat here looking at a blank page just trying to think of such a subject. If you like challenges and haiku’s then I invite you to also accept his latest challenge at this link just to see where your own creative mind will take you: https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/category/haiku-prompt-challenge/
A perfect day is
One spent with the Lord
By praying and reading his word.
Seeing him in the glowing sunbeam
And hearing him whisper in the breeze.
Feeling his warmth surround your spirit and soul
As you quietly wander along the road.
Seeing him in the beauty of all creation;
In the forest, the shimmering sea, and the lofty mountains.
It is hearing him in the songbirds’ sweet melodies
And in the rushing currents of the river stream;
When you quietly sit and gladly take a rest
Letting this day heal you with gentle peacefulness.
It is not worrying about the duties of tomorrow
Or regretting the past in deep sorrow.
It is not worrying about those who don’t understand or don’t like you
Because they don’t really know your inner beauty or unique attributes.
Instead it is a day of thankfully remembering
That the Lord’s love for you is never ending.
It is a day of enjoying many precious moments
Unhurried and allowing time to slow down a bit.
It is not a day of fear or dread; nor of stressing
But instead a time of seeing hidden blessings.
Hearing a favorite tune wafting through the air
And suddenly realizing an answered prayer.
The perfect day is one set aside just for you and the Lord;
Relishing in his presence, his love, and the hope he gives forevermore.
As lightning flashed across the dark sky,
It danced eerily in the night.
I have just attempted another haiku challenge from Ronovan Writes blog using the words “flash” and “dance”. It is a very enjoyable challenge to try to fit two assigned words into a very short poem and it make sense. If you like challenges and haiku poetry then I invite you to also accept his latest challenge at this link: https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/category/haiku-prompt-challenge/
In the midst of night
Snow drifted softly down;
It swirled and blanketed
The once bare ground.
In the midst of night
The north wind emitted a chilly breeze
Which swished and swept through
The stillness and the forest of trees.
In the midst of night
Dark clouds gathered on the horizon
Effectively obscuring the deep sky
And masking the distant starry vision.
In the midst of night
I slept unworried and not knowing
That outside my home frigid winter had
Returned as it was steadily snowing.
Tis Monday and a fresh start of a new week
And, reluctantly, I rolled and leaped to my feet.
I gazed at the busy day ahead
With anticipation and some dread.
A wintry chill in the morning air; not so sweet.
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thoughts from my mind to yours
A little bit of this and that
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Thoughts from the Heartland
the joy of creativity
The details of my Journey.
Inspiration through my thoughts, experiences and travels
All information not in hand belongs on a bookshelf
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Christian poetry and prose, quotes, and thoughts - if they glorify God they were worth writing; if they mean something to one other person, they were worth sharing. Comments always welcome!
Setting a Life to Words
Finding God's Grace in a Lemon-filled World
Prose | Poetry | Fiction | Editing
Writing - Loving What I Do and Doing What I Love!
Warning: A feminist writes here. Content may contain angry, vulgar, and sometimes funny language.
Join Us for #TankaTuesday 短歌 火曜
I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. Gal. 2:20
thoughts from my mind to yours
A little bit of this and that
THE WOMAN WITH WHEELS
Thoughts from the Heartland
the joy of creativity
The details of my Journey.
Inspiration through my thoughts, experiences and travels
All information not in hand belongs on a bookshelf
~ Communicator, WordSmith, Artist, Guide, Mentor, Muse ~
I write because I read. I read because I write.
Christian poetry and prose, quotes, and thoughts - if they glorify God they were worth writing; if they mean something to one other person, they were worth sharing. Comments always welcome!
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